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Run: Have an escape route in mind. Hide: If unable to run from the danger, you should hide. Fight: Fighting is a last resort to be used only when your life is in imminent danger. (However, sometimes fighting may be the first and only option.)

Run Hide Fight Graphic 2021

Penn State University Police and Public Safety reminds students, employees and visitors to familiarize themselves with the University’s official Active Attacker Response Program.

Will Beekman

Will Beekman

Will Beekman ’00, ’02, general manager at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, is one of the speakers for the virtual programming series.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre

Best Places to Work

Penn State Wilkes-Barre has been named as one of the winners of the Times Leader Media Group’s 2020 Best Places to Work contest.

Emily Jefferson

9 2 20 Microbiology class

Emily Jefferson, a senior at Penn State, observes and records the growth of bacteria her MICRB 202 (Introductory Microbiology Laboratory) class isolated during week-one of the 2020 fall semester. Students were outfitted with new masks, face shields, and gloves prior to every lab session, and their stations were set up to provide appropriate social distancing.

Hands using computer keyboards

Coding the Coal Region

Instructors from Penn State Wilkes-Barre will teach computer programming to local middle and high school students as part of a nationally recognized, local coding initiative in which the campus is partnering.